Good French onion soup is hard to come by. In restaurants, it is often too salty and too thick. This is divine and oh, so easy.

Ingredients

1 sweet onion

2 tablespoons melted butter

1 tablespoon sugar

1 quart low salt beef broth

1 dried bay leaf

Steps

1

Chop a sweet onion (Vidalia or Texas 1015's) work best. If no sweet onions are available, use regular onions and increase the sugar.

2

Put the melted butter in the bottom of a crockpot. Add the onion.

3

Sprinkle the sugar over the top of the onions, stir. Leave on high setting for about fifteen minutes, to cook and slightly caramelize the onion. If the onions are browning too fast, turn the cooker to low.

4

Add the beef broth and bay leaf.

5

Lower heat to low and let it simmer until just before you are ready to eat it. Two hours, four hours, it doesn't really matter.

6

Prior to eating, cut a round from a baguette and cover with sliced Gruyere cheese. Toast in the toaster oven until cheese is starting to bubble.